The Shedding Light on Motion series is a visual treasure trove of demonstrations, animations, and explanations of all things Motion.
From the production of visual effects in movies, to sport, to car safety, to transport (including rockets, planes, and trucks), our knowledge of the physics of motion has completely transformed our world.So get hold of the incredible Shedding Light on Motion series and bring your students up to speed on this topic the easy way!

The Shedding Light on Energy series allows teachers to teach the topic of Energy without actually using much energy. Energy is everywhere. It surrounds us and penetrates us; it binds the galaxy together!So train up your students in this all-important topic using this outstanding series.

The Heat is on in your classroom! This series allows you to stay cool while you teach the topic of Heat.
Using highly engaging visuals and outstanding explanations, the Shedding Light on Heat series teaches students everything that they need to know about heat.

Come with us from the swimming pool into space and from the depths of the ocean to the end of the rainbow where we shed some light on light! This 6-part series covers your whole light course, from reflection to refraction to human vision and more. How good is this series? Your students will soon see!

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Statistics

Statistics are not easy to understand. They speak broadly of a whole population but say nothing about individual cases. I was watching a show on TV recently that reported that a study has found that in 70% of households women do more of the domestic duties (cleaning, cooking, ironing etc.) than men. A male commentator then rubbished the study, saying that he did nearly all of the housework, so it was obviously wrong!
But 70% means 70%, not 100%. If the study surveyed 1000 households and found that in 700 of them, women do more of the work, then that equates to 70%. In 300 households, men do more of the work. Finding an exception to a majority doesn’t change the underlying statistics.
Statistics say nothing about individual cases, only about whole populations.

However, politics is not necessarily about accurate statistics. Politics is about winning voters over, so it might be more common to hear that “woman do more housework than men, so things could be better”, or more emphatically, “woman are burdened with far more of the housework in society. This is unacceptable…” Statistics are important, but they don’t on their own have any inherent value because value is measured by humans emotionally, not really rationally!

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The Shedding Light DVDs are obviously for sale but they too are licensed for upload to your school’s content-delivery system for use by students and staff of the school.